Deepen your connection to the web of life.
a 4 week series in central Vermont with Fearn Lickfield & Jonathan Shapiro
9am-noon Thursdays
October 22 and 29, Nov. 5 and 12
(rain date Nov. 19)
$100-180 sliding scale
What happens when a Naturalist and a Druid join forces?
Come find out with us!
- – Basic energetic and phytochemical actions of medicinal herbs on our landscape
- – Bird migration: routes, routines, and possibilities
- – Fall’s role in a healthy and balanced psycho-emotional human ecology
- – After the blossom is gone: flower essences and field botany
- – The yin and yang of seeing and beholding, or how to look with your eyes and your heart at the same time
Our time together will be a rich balance of nature awareness, observation, and identification skills, with subtle energy practices, guided meditations and breath work to connect with wildlife, the elements, the land, our sensing bodies and souls.
Classes will take place outdoors in a small group with safety precautions.
If any of our Thursday mornings involve serious weather- heavy rain, lightening, high wind, we will postpone and add a week.
“Participating in the Nature and Spirit class with Fearn and Jonathan brought much joy to my heart. In these challenging times, I was able to escape to the woods in class with the company of other humans and woodland beings and was whisked away into the space of wonder with my inner child to learn, play, and feel alive.” ~ Rae C
“This class was a perfect dip back into community and the outdoors in the midst of an isolated Summer. The structure of the class in addition to the obvious wealth of knowledge offered from the instructors easily made Nature and Spirit the highlight of my week! Thanks Fearn and Jonathan!”
Jonathan Shapiro is a tracker, naturalist, herbalist, hunter, and forager. He believes that deep knowledge about the wild world around us is an essential step in regaining our spiritual and material connection to our land base. He runs the Fox Paw School in Central VT, where he teaches tracking, naturalist studies, and North Woods skills. He’s also a lead instructor at the White Pine tracking apprenticeship in Southern Maine. Find him at www.foxpawschool.org, or @FoxPawSchool on Facebook and Instagram.
Deepen your connection to the web of life.
a 4 week series in central Vermont with Fearn Lickfield & Jonathan Shapiro
9am-noon Thursdays
October 22 and 29, Nov. 5 and 12
(rain date Nov. 19)
$100-180 sliding scale
What happens when a Naturalist and a Druid join forces?
Come find out with us!
- – Basic energetic and phytochemical actions of medicinal herbs on our landscape
- – Bird migration: routes, routines, and possibilities
- – Fall’s role in a healthy and balanced psycho-emotional human ecology
- – After the blossom is gone: flower essences and field botany
- – The yin and yang of seeing and beholding, or how to look with your eyes and your heart at the same time
Our time together will be a rich balance of nature awareness, observation, and identification skills, with subtle energy practices, guided meditations and breath work to connect with wildlife, the elements, the land, our sensing bodies and souls.
Classes will take place outdoors in a small group with safety precautions.
If any of our Thursday mornings involve serious weather- heavy rain, lightening, high wind, we will postpone and add a week.
“Participating in the Nature and Spirit class with Fearn and Jonathan brought much joy to my heart. In these challenging times, I was able to escape to the woods in class with the company of other humans and woodland beings and was whisked away into the space of wonder with my inner child to learn, play, and feel alive.” ~ Rae C
“This class was a perfect dip back into community and the outdoors in the midst of an isolated Summer. The structure of the class in addition to the obvious wealth of knowledge offered from the instructors easily made Nature and Spirit the highlight of my week! Thanks Fearn and Jonathan!”
Jonathan Shapiro is a tracker, naturalist, herbalist, hunter, and forager. He believes that deep knowledge about the wild world around us is an essential step in regaining our spiritual and material connection to our land base. He runs the Fox Paw School in Central VT, where he teaches tracking, naturalist studies, and North Woods skills. He’s also a lead instructor at the White Pine tracking apprenticeship in Southern Maine. Find him at www.foxpawschool.org, or @FoxPawSchool on Facebook and Instagram.
Deepen your connection to the web of life.
a 4 week series in central Vermont with Fearn Lickfield & Jonathan Shapiro
9am-noon Thursdays
October 22 and 29, Nov. 5 and 12
(rain date Nov. 19)
$100-180 sliding scale
What happens when a Naturalist and a Druid join forces?
Come find out with us!
- – Basic energetic and phytochemical actions of medicinal herbs on our landscape
- – Bird migration: routes, routines, and possibilities
- – Fall’s role in a healthy and balanced psycho-emotional human ecology
- – After the blossom is gone: flower essences and field botany
- – The yin and yang of seeing and beholding, or how to look with your eyes and your heart at the same time
Our time together will be a rich balance of nature awareness, observation, and identification skills, with subtle energy practices, guided meditations and breath work to connect with wildlife, the elements, the land, our sensing bodies and souls.
Classes will take place outdoors in a small group with safety precautions.
If any of our Thursday mornings involve serious weather- heavy rain, lightening, high wind, we will postpone and add a week.
“Participating in the Nature and Spirit class with Fearn and Jonathan brought much joy to my heart. In these challenging times, I was able to escape to the woods in class with the company of other humans and woodland beings and was whisked away into the space of wonder with my inner child to learn, play, and feel alive.” ~ Rae C
“This class was a perfect dip back into community and the outdoors in the midst of an isolated Summer. The structure of the class in addition to the obvious wealth of knowledge offered from the instructors easily made Nature and Spirit the highlight of my week! Thanks Fearn and Jonathan!”
Jonathan Shapiro is a tracker, naturalist, herbalist, hunter, and forager. He believes that deep knowledge about the wild world around us is an essential step in regaining our spiritual and material connection to our land base. He runs the Fox Paw School in Central VT, where he teaches tracking, naturalist studies, and North Woods skills. He’s also a lead instructor at the White Pine tracking apprenticeship in Southern Maine. Find him at www.foxpawschool.org, or @FoxPawSchool on Facebook and Instagram.
A 3-Hour didactic & experiential session with Orion Foxwood
● Historical Images and stories of Faery Healers.
● How these healers received their gifts, were compensated for their service and a description of their styles and personalities.
● Fire as the most untarnishable sacred element and its “compact” with humanity.
● Saining, Hallowing, Turning to curse or Bless.
● Folk names for the fire: the Blessing Fire, the Good Fire, the Fire Father, the “Tan-Tad”
● The mysteries of fire specific to humans and their relationship to the Good People.
● Lighting of the threefold flame, lighting of the “Good Fire” and the “Covet Flame” (which is a very rare practice for calling the power that none can resist) techniques.
● The thrice-given flame to light the hearth against harm.
● Spirit Waters, Lifted /Silvered Water, Ash Water to heal, exorcise (this will include a very rare practice for gathering the “Good Water” which we will do).
● Moon Water for childbirth, grief, etc.
● The Bulaun and the Turning Stone for offering, wishes and wilting/ harming
● The Elf-Dart for harm or help and how to awaken it with boundary stream water.
● The Lightning Stone for power.
● Water from the Sentinel stoners for healing
● The Calban or Elphin stone used by the witches
● The Devil’s toenail stone and its powers,
● Amber and Jet for protection
● The Clach Leigh- the green stone, the Black Smoothing Stone, The Hag or Holed Stone, the Cloch Labrais or compelling stone, Clach Deare- the red stone, Clocha Geala-the nine white stones
● The Ematille or Gemma Babylonica
● Dipping to bless waters to heal
● The use of iron pyrite as “the witch-stone”.
● Forspoken water- preparation and use
● As a special treat: The Turn back charm (a rare and coveted traditional practice)
Join us for the first harvest festival of the year.
Bring something local and fresh from your garden or local market for feast at 6pm.
After dinner we will have a special evening of live traditional music and a gratitude toast to the Earth.
Do you have a traditional song or tune you would like to share? Get in touch to get on the playlist!